Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
Alternative combinations: Gyrineum kewi, Nyctilochus kewi
Full reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1915. Fauna of the Type Tejon: Its relation to the Cowlitz Phase of the Tejon Group of Washington. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 5(3):33-98
Belongs to Ameranella according to A. G. Beu 2010
See also Anderson and Hanna 1925
Sister taxa: Ameranella terrysmithae, Ameranella verruculosa
Type specimen: UCMP 11054, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 458, Grapevine Creek, which is in a Bartonian marine sandstone/shale in the Tejon Formation of California.
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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